I love you not only for what you are

me and my girlfriend are together for 10 months now and i would like to surprise her with a litle bit of her native language so if someone could kindly translate me a couple of phrases it would be amazing

"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Happy 10th monthsary my love"

whoops turned out longer that i expected i realy hope this isn't too difficult
a huge thank you in advance. Salamat!!!

Welcome to the forum 50n1kK! What you did is so sweet but I just translated the whole thought of it.This is what I came out with..Mahal kita hindi dahil kung ano ka, Ngunit kung ano ako kapag kasama kita. Maligayang ika-sampung buwan aking mahal! Happy 10th monthsary aking mahal so you will not sound too formal. You can also add Maraming salamat sa pagmamahal mo kung sino man ako. It means:Thank you for loving me for who i am.Hope it could be a help

"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Happy 10th monthsary my love"

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There are dozens of ways to translate this, but none of them will sound good if done verbatim because of the heavy use of figurative speech. The best way would be to translate the thought and spirit of your poem. Also, there is a disconnect between the tone of the text itself --- which skews formal --- and the closing, particularly the neologism "10th monthsary" which skews casual and informal.
Here is my suggestion based on an alteration of your original text, plus my own neologism at the end:

I love you not only for who you are, but also for who I become when I am with you. I love you not only for how far you have come, but also for inspiring me as to how far I can go. I love you for the goodness in you that awakens all that is good in me.

Buwanesaryo is a neologism I came up with to approximate monthsary. It is a portmanteau of buwan (month) and anibersaryo (anniversary). Again, my preference would be for uniformity of the formal tone throughout, but this invented word is in keeping with the spirit of your original text.

Buwanesaryo is a neologism I came up with to approximate monthsary. It is a portmanteau of buwan (month) and anibersaryo (anniversary). Again, my preference would be for uniformity of the formal tone throughout, but this invented word is in keeping with the spirit of your original text.

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Magandang Umaga/Hapon/Gabi Sainyong lahat!

That is so smart of you Dotterkat to come up with Buwanesaryo I never thought of that. However personally I won't use that word because it sounds odd.

me and my girlfriend are together for 10 months now and i would like to surprise her with a litle bit of her native language so if someone could kindly translate me a couple of phrases it would be amazing

"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Happy 10th monthsary my love"

whoops turned out longer that i expected i realy hope this isn't too difficult
a huge thank you in advance. Salamat!!!